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NICHOLAS SHEPARD / ORIGINAL CHARACTER app / stats

ex-bassist, ex-doctor, ex-father, ex-husband

this dedicated hater can hold so much guilt in him

likes: cheap beer, bad karaoke, fast cars, and flowers

dislikes: ...we're gonna be here a while.

LUCTENMIRE / LILAC STAY 402

#yesterpinned

motherplane

THE ONE THING SHE MISSED MOST OF ALL about California were the beaches. So imagine her surprise when she found out that most of these places have beaches. Now , she did start out at one of Luctenmire’s regular beaches , ( the faction’s an amazing place , really , just way too gloomy for her ) , but the prospect of a free Spa stay in exchange for slaying a beast was too good to ignore. Only setback was she was used to fighting Robots. Well ─ she really didn’t even fight the robots. She was there. The robots were fighting around her most of the time. Sometimes she was in one of the robots while they were fighting. But she tased one once. That has to count for something.

HER TREK TOWARDS THE SHARK INFESTED WATERS is nothing less than confident. Sure , she’s never slain a beast before. But this is a perfect learning opportunity. And she can get a tan while she does ! Win win ! This is a foolproof plan. Besides , anything is better than the never ending snow of Glacier’s Peak. Even being eaten by a Shark or whatever other little thingies live in the water.

THE LOOK SHE GIVES HIM AS she turns around is nothing less than scrutiny. An eyebrow raises at him , and she makes no effort to hide the fact that she looks him up and down. Her head tilts to the side , before looking back at the water. When she turns back to the stranger , she just shrugs. ❛ Um . . yeah. ❜ Thanks , Captain obvious. There’s a gap as she formulates her words , slowing down her speech just a tad. ❛ It’s . . a beach. Next to the ocean. The ocean has sharks. ❜ Just how stupid did she look ? Actually - don’t answer that. ❛ Besides , it’s not like I can’t read. Sign’s right there. ❜

guiltmotif

Is this kid for real? "Um, yeah?" He echoes back at her in complete disbelief. Fuck do you mean, um yeah? "They're the size of a truck and they eat rocks, we're not talking about normal sharks, here!" Still, when their silent standoff leads to the acceptance that she is not in fact going to leave he hops the fence onto the beach himself. You can't save people from stupid, but he'd feel bad if she lost an arm and nobody was around to sew it back on or something.

"Listen, if this is about that spa thing— you know it's all bullshit, right? Seriously, some guy lost a leg last week trying it." Which he only knows because he definitely hasn't been hanging around the clinic trying to work up the will to go in and apply for a job or anything.

#motherplane #motherplane — 01 #see the ugly world that spat you out / threads

@brcssgoggles

The robot is tall as fuck and probably would be even if he were standing, though at present Nick is slouched against the wall, sitting on the sidewalk in front of the bar and dabbing at his split lip with the end of his sleeve. He's seen the other robots flying around, the... you know, whatever they're called, the anti-murder robots.

He figures it's not outside the realm of possibility that they've hired slightly more intimidating (though from where he's sitting, that's up in the air; it's got pink hair for god's sake) ones to handle other public disturbances. Bar fights almost definitely count.

He lifts a weary hand in preemptive surrender. His apologetic expression is clearly feigned and actually looks a little painful. "Swear to god, the other guy started it."

#nick vc all robots is... cops?#brcssgoggles #brcssgoggles — 01 #see the ugly world that spat you out / threads

motherplane

peaceandharmony -> my music ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡ !!

peaceandharmony -> there's no beyonce here.. but the music isn't that bad.

peaceandharmony -> [ peaceandharmony has uploaded an image ]

guiltmotif

[ metallica87 ] → no way on god's green earth any of these are actual bands [ metallica87 ] → famous whiteboy. [ metallica87 ] → WHO THE HELL IS BEETLE

#it's sad to know that we are not alone / forums #motherplane

yesterrp

Character name: Nicholas Shepard Achievement name: I’VE COME TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT Proof of achievement: this entire thread

ACHIEVEMENT GET !

I’VE COME TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT — Get into discourse on the forum.

Congratulations! For unlocking this achievement, you can add 25 Embers to your currency tracker!

#yester ref

yesterrp

Character name: Nicholas Shepard

Achievement name(s): Yestermonth (first month in Yesteryear)

Proof of achievement: added to masterlist on 2/28

ACHIEVEMENT GET !

Yestermonth — First month in yesteryear!

Congratulations! For unlocking this achievement, you can add 25 Embers to your currency tracker!

#yester ref

@motherplane

Nick's made quite a habit of hanging around the beaches in this place. Not like he's had the time or reason to head out to the coast in recent years, after all - it's... nice. Relaxing, almost, if he stares out at the waves and forgets that he's trapped in wherever-the-hell this is for a minute or two. But trying to forget about all that makes him think about it harder and then it's a little less relaxing and, god, he needs a job. He needs to be able to afford a beer or two.

Anyway.

He's gotten pretty familiar with the shoreline of Luctenmire. Enough to pick up what, exactly, the locals are talking about when they talk about Shark Beach (which apparently really is just named that), which is why he has to do a double take when he spots a very pink figure meandering across the sand in, like, five inch heels. Jesus Christ.

"Hey!" He breaks out into a jog until he reaches one of the short wooden fences separating the sand of the fucking Shark Beach from the rest of polite society. "Hey, kid, get out of there. Water's crawling with sharks." And apparently a giant squid or something but he's not looking to verify that claim. The sharks, though. Totally verifiable.

#motherplane #motherplane — 01 #see the ugly world that spat you out / threads

i'm also going to do another starter call for nick, uncapped

#yesteryear rp ad

blambote-deactivated20250505

this thing can paint full portraits in a matter of seconds. forgive him if in his current state of blissful surprise, he fails to consider just how easily he blocks off the entrance to any others looking to reach the train station. to the untrained eye, it may appear as if will is repeating the same photo over and over, clogging up his storage ( as the notification at the top of his screen tells him, going from 50, to 55, then finally 70% full ) with what is seemingly a looped pose. in actuality, he's adjusting his arms by the millimeter, tilting his head back just so that small glint in his eyes isn't exactly in the middle of his pupil but moreso to the right.

it's a craft will has learnt of no less than ten minutes ago and he's already fully committed to learning. he doesn't even register the other's footsteps, dedicated as he is in photographing himself, and only turns to face the stranger once their voice echoes from behind.

" oh my - you could've said something! you almost scared me half to death .. " will seems startled - sounds it as well - but that doesn't stop him from going right back to taking photos, his overly pursed lips giving way only to a few more words. " does my .. y'know .. butt look good? i'm trying to get it to show up in this portrait, but i don't think the human body was meant to bend that way. "

guiltmotif

"Uh, yeah, I just did." He's met with only a level Look from an unimpressed Nick when he turns around. Sincerely startled or not, clearly the shock wasn't all that bad or the guy might've taken more than, what, half a second before getting right back to his... whatever the hell it is he's doing. And, give him some credit, Nick actually musters up the patience to watch for the duration of at least thirty more photos ( not that it takes the dude that long to rack those numbers up ) trying to figure out any rhyme or reason for needing that fucking many before giving up.

"Are you—" he gives him a look up and down, trying to parse his expression - what he can see of it when there's a phone all up in his face, anyway - and the sincerity of his tone. God, he might actually be for real. "Are you serious? No, your face and your ass can't share the same space, sorry to burst your bubble. Spines don't work that way." There, asinine line of questioning followed. Nick gives it another second to see if he'll step out of the way, now, but he doesn't. He rolls his eyes skyward.

"It's bad. Your ass looks bad."

#onewillemdollars #onewillemdollars — 01 #see the ugly world that spat you out / threads

@vesperradiance

Nick's got to hand it to the place, it's damn consistent in its inconsistency. It's the textbook definition of anachronism - flying cars and horse-drawn carriages and steam trains - and the only things from home that seem to carry over are the fucking annoying ones, like pushy shopkeepers (he comes to loathe walking through the markets) and goddamn public transportation.

The little train that takes you out of Old Yesteryear is, in a word, obnoxious. The fucking Magicman or whatever the hell he calls himself regurgitates some prerecorded spiel over tinny speakers, and it's slow as sin, and on busy days ( whatever constitutes a busy day around here, hell if he knows ) there's denizens shoving into you from all sides. It's not so bad on that front today, but it's still busy enough that the chattering and the narration and the everything just fazes into a dull buzz in his ears.

It takes three times for him to realize that somebody is repeating something near him. A question, maybe, or perhaps they're telling off one of the denizens who can't mind their space well enough. He glances over his shoulder and has to scan for several seconds before finally looking down at the... horse. The... baby horse? Miniature unicorn. Thing.

"What on god's green earth," he hasn't even had a drop to drink today ( which he considers impressive ) so he's probably not hallucinating, which makes it weirder. "Did you just fucking talk?"

#vesperradiance #vesperradiance — 01 #see the ugly world that spat you out / threads

blambote-deactivated20250505

[ hotgirl69 ] -> Are YOU twelve? [ hotgirl69 ] -> Maybe metallica is just not that big of a deal in the metal world [ hotgirl69 ] -> Literally just looked up metallica and nothing popped up. Were you just trying to start a conversation with a hot girl [ hotgirl69 ] -> You could've just said hello [ hotgirl69 ] -> Here let's try it [ hotgirl69 ] -> Hello! How are you?

guiltmotif

[ metallica87 ] → that's because we all just got abducted to mr. five dollar wizard cosplay's hostage funland no shit Metallica doesn't exist here dipshit [ metallica87 ] → no one here has even heard of the whole state of Georgia and I ran into a talking horse yesterday you think they give a fuck about hard rock

[ metallica87 has blocked you. ] [ metallica87 has unblocked you. ]

[ metallica87 ] → 🖕🖕🖕

#onewillemdollars #it's sad to know that we are not alone / forums

blambote-deactivated20250505

[ hotgirl69 ] -> If I don't know what Metallica is, it's because it's not important enough for me to know [ hotgirl69 ] -> Besides, you don't think I have better things to do than lie about knowing what metal is?? [ hotgirl69 ] -> I know every single type of metal, I'll let you know! [ hotgirl69 ] -> Actually, I know every single type of rock as well, genius!

guiltmotif

[ metallica87 ] → you CLEARLY don't know every single kind of metal OR rock if you don't know Metallica how on God's Green Earth is that controversial that's like saying you know every kind of food or some shit but then you've never heard of a fucking apple [ metallica87 ] → are you twelve

#onewillemdollars #it's sad to know that we are not alone / forums

blambote-deactivated20250505

[ hotgirl69 ] -> You Think I Don't Know What Metal Is🌹

guiltmotif

[ metallica87 ] → there is no fucking feasible way you know what metal is but DON'T know who Metallica is

#onewillemdollars #it's sad to know that we are not alone / forums #hes assuming theyre talking about the genre

blambote-deactivated20250505

[ hotgirl69 ] -> That's because I am a hot girl.. [ hotgirl69 ] -> You just wouldn't know anything about it [ hotgirl69 ] -> Clearly [ hotgirl69 ] -> 🙄 [ hotgirl69 ] -> 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

guiltmotif

[ metallica87 ] → all hot girls know who metallica is

#it's sad to know that we are not alone / forums #onewillemdollars